Experiment 66728
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Vaccinium macrocarpon (ERICACEAE) |
| Citation | HARKINS,KJ:. (2000). WHAT'S THE USE OF CRANBERRY JUICE?. 29(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THERE IS ONE LARGE DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRAIL ON 153 ELDERLY WOMEN WHO WERE VOLUNTEERS FROM A CARE HOME. THE EFFECT OF DRINKING 300 ML A DAY OF CRANBERRY COCKTAIL WAS EXAMINED, REVEALING THAT 15% OF URINE SAMPLES OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING CRANBERRY JUICE HAD BACTERIURIA WITH PYURIA, COMPARED WITH 28% A SAMPLES FROM THE PLACEBO GROUP (P=0.004). IT TOOK A MONTH FOR THE DIFFERENCE TO BECOME APPARENT. MOST PATIENTS WITH BACTERIURIA WERE ASYMPTOMATIC. THERE WAS A TREND FOR LESS ANTIBIOTIC USE FOR TREATMENT OF URINARY INFECTION IN THE CRANBERRY GROUP (1.7 VERUS 3.2 ANTIBIOTICS PER 100 PATIENT MONTHS) WHICH DID NOT REACH STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE MAIN CRITICISM OF THIS TRIAL ARE THAT THE CONTROL GROUP HAD A HIGHER RATE OF URINARY INFECTION BEFORE THE STUDY, SUGGESTING THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SAMPLING BIAS, AND THE MAIN OUTOCME MEASURES (ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA) DOES NOT GENERALLY NEED TREATING. |
| Dose amount | 300.0 ML |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | FRUIT JUICE |
| Gender | FEMALE |